| assist |
a play that helps another team member complete a play, such as a goal in soccer. [1/2 definitions] |
| captain |
the field leader of a sports team. [1/7 definitions] |
| center fielder |
in baseball, the player whose position is in center field when the other team is batting and whose primary function is to defend that territory. |
| championship |
A championship is a contest to find out which team or person is the best at something. |
| complete |
a forward pass in football that has been caught by a player of the same team. [1/6 definitions] |
| crew |
A crew is a group of people who work together like a team. [1/2 definitions] |
| defeat |
A defeat is the action of beating another team or side in a competition or fight. [1/4 definitions] |
| defense |
in sports, action or ability to prevent the opposite team from scoring or getting an advantage. [2/5 definitions] |
| designated hitter |
a member of an American League baseball team who is chosen at the beginning of a game to bat in place of the pitcher. |
| despite |
If you go to school despite feeling sick, you go to school even though you feel sick. You go anyway. If a team plays a big game despite missing its best player, the team plays even though the best player cannot play. It's a bad thing, but the team plays anyway. If you like someone despite the fact that they don't like you, you still like them even though they don't feel the same about you. |
| discipline |
When a coach disciplines a team, he or she trains the team to follow the rules well and to play in the way that he or she knows is best. [1/7 definitions] |
| draft |
to select (someone) as a player for a professional sports team. [1/10 definitions] |
| end |
The end is the last part of something. When a team scores at the end of the game, they score in the last part of the game. [1/6 definitions] |
| end up |
If a team plays well but ends up losing, it means that the final result was that the team lost even though it looked possible that they would win. When you end up not going to the park because of the rain, it means that you planned to go to the park, but, in the end, you didn't. When we use "end up," we are talking about what happens in the end or where something goes in the end, even if it wasn't expected or intended at first. |
| equally |
If things are equally good, they are good to the same degree. If two teams are equally strong, neither team is stronger than the other. [1/2 definitions] |
| even |
If a team evens a score, they bring their score up to the same level as the score of the other team. [1/11 definitions] |
| fan2 |
A fan is a person who likes and is very interested in a particular sport or team or certain kinds of movies, books, or music. A person who likes someone who plays a sport or performs in some way is also called a fan. |
| field hockey |
Field hockey is a type of hockey. It is a game played by two teams on a grass field. Players hit a ball with a special stick and try to score points by hitting the ball over the surface of the grass and into the other team's goal at one end of the field. Players from the other team try to prevent scoring by their opponents and try to get the ball into the goal at the opposite end. |
| finalist |
a person or team chosen to take part in the final game or contest of a series. |
| firefighter |
A firefighter is someone who works with a team of others to put out big fires. Firefighters wear special clothes and use special equipment to fight fires. Their job is hard and dangerous. |
| first baseman |
in baseball, the player whose position is at first base while the other team is batting and whose primary function is to defend that base. |